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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 2:15pm, Sunday, April 26, 2009 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 8-8, 4th, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Rich Harden (27, RHP, 1-1, 4.20)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			15.0	11	8	7	8	26	3	4.20
2008 (10-2)			148.0	96	38	34	61	181	11	2.07
2007 (1-2)			25.2	18	7	7	11	27	3	2.45

Last 7 GS		2-1	37.0	22	16	13	24	45	3	3.16	57
2009-04-21	CIN	W	6.0	3	2	2	2	8	1	92	64
2009-04-15	COL	L	3.0	5	4	4	4	8	1	92	37
2009-04-10	@MIL	ND	6.0	3	2	1	2	10	1	96	68
2008-09-25	@NYM	ND	6.0	2	3	2	5	4	0	93	57
2008-09-18	MIL	ND	5.0	1	1	1	6	7	0	115	62
2008-09-11	@STL	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	86	56
2008-08-29	PHI	ND	5.0	3	2	1	4	5	0	100	56

Last 5 v.STL		1-1	12.1	11	5	5	3	10	1	3.65	55
2008-09-11	@STL	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	86	56
2004-06-16	@STL	L	6.1	6	3	3	2	7	1	98	54

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    4-4    Road:    4-4    ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:   8-7    vsLHP:   0-1    1-Run:   2-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 7-7    vsWest:  1-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 16 Sat, Apr 25  @STL  L   2-8        8-8   4th  4.0 gb
 15 Fri, Apr 24  @STL  L   3-4        8-7   4th  3.0 gb
 14 Thu, Apr 23   CIN  L   1-7        8-6   4th  2.0 gb
 13 Wed, Apr 22   CIN  L   0-3        8-5   2nd  1.0 gb
 12 Tue, Apr 21   CIN  W   7-2        8-4   1st    Tied
 11 Sat, Apr 18   STL  W   7-5 (11)   7-4   1st    Tied
 10 Fri, Apr 17   STL  W   8-7        6-4   2nd  1.0 gb
  9 Thu, Apr 16   STL  L   4-7        5-4   2nd  2.0 gb
  8 Wed, Apr 15   COL  L   2-5        5-3   2nd  1.0 gb
  7 Mon, Apr 13   COL  W   4-0        5-2   2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-8    Last 30: 8-8

Cardinals, 13-5, 1st, 2½ up

SP: Todd Wellemeyer (30, RHP, 1-1, 5.29)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (1-1)			17.0	29	10	10	4	8	0	5.29
2008 (13-9)			191.2	178	84	79	62	134	25	3.71
2007 (3-3)			79.1	77	50	40	40	60	11	4.54

Last 7 GS		2-4	40.1	52	21	19	15	26	4	4.24	46
2009-04-21	NYM	ND	5.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	86	30
2009-04-13	@ARI	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	87	63
2009-04-08	PIT	L	5.0	12	5	5	2	3	0	93	24
2008-09-27	CIN	W	6.1	7	3	3	1	3	0	92	49
2008-09-22	ARI	L	6.0	9	3	3	4	7	1	117	45
2008-09-17	@CIN	L	6.0	4	3	3	2	6	3	99	56
2008-09-11	CHC	L	5.0	3	2	0	4	2	0	91	55

Last 5 v.CHC		2-2	21.2	21	10	8	9	14	2	3.32	51
2008-09-11	CHC	L	5.0	3	2	0	4	2	0	91	55
2008-08-09	@CHC	W	6.2	6	3	3	1	5	2	112	54
2008-07-06	CHC	L	5.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	76	40
2008-05-04	CHC	W	5.0	3	2	2	4	4	0	95	53

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   10-2    Road:    3-3    ExtrInn: 0-2 
 vsRHP:   7-3    vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   3-2 
 vsEast:  3-0    vsCntrl: 8-4    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 18 Sat, Apr 25   CHC  W   8-2       13-5   1st  2.5 up
 17 Fri, Apr 24   CHC  W   4-3       12-5   1st  2.5 up
 16 Thu, Apr 23   NYM  W  12-8       11-5   1st  1.5 up
 15 Wed, Apr 22   NYM  W   5-2       10-5   1st  1.0 up
 14 Tue, Apr 21   NYM  W   6-4        9-5   1st    Tied
 13 Sat, Apr 18  @CHC  L   5-7 (11)   8-5   1st    Tied
 12 Fri, Apr 17  @CHC  L   7-8        8-4   1st  1.0 up
 11 Thu, Apr 16  @CHC  W   7-4        8-3   1st  2.0 up
 10 Wed, Apr 15  @ARI  W  12-7        7-3   1st  1.0 up
  9 Tue, Apr 14  @ARI  L   6-7 (10)   6-3   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:13-5    Last 30:13-5

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 STL  8  CHC  2        W:Mitchell Boggs (1-0), L: Sean Marshall (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 STL  4  CHC  3        W:Kyle McClellan (1-0), L: Carlos Marmol (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (5)
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 CHC  7  STL  5 (11)   W:Angel Guzman (1-0), L: Dennys Reyes (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 CHC  8  STL  7        W:Aaron Heilman (2-0), L: Chris Perez (0-1), S: Carlos Marmol (2)
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 STL  7 @CHC  4        W:Adam Wainwright (2-0), L: David Patton (0-1), S: Ryan Franklin (2)

Sun, Sep 21, 2008 CHC  5  STL  1        W:Ryan Dempster (17-6), L: Braden Looper (12-14), S: none
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 CHC  5  STL  4        W:Ted Lilly (16-9), L: Joel Pineiro (6-7), S: Kerry Wood (32)
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 STL 12 @CHC  6        W:Adam Wainwright (10-3), L: Carlos Zambrano (14-6), S: none
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 CHC  3 @STL  2        W:Rich Harden (10-2), L: Todd Wellemeyer (12-7), S: Kerry Wood (30)
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 CHC  4 @STL  3        W:Ted Lilly (14-9), L: Braden Looper (12-12), S: Kerry Wood (29)
Season Series: 2009 - STL leads 3-2; 2008 - CHC won 9-6; 2007 - CHC won 11-5; All-Time - CHC leads 1148-1081

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2009 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

For the 2008 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX 5.56

ATL 4.65

SDP 3.93

RA/G

TOR 3.77

HOU 4.61

TEX 5.97

C. Jones .364

R. Ibanez .293

J. Towles .137

OBP

C. Jones .470

C. Lee .368

T. Pena .189

SLG

A. Pujols .653

G. Dobbs .491

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.114

J. Cust .851

T. Pena .398

ERA

J. Santana 2.53

A. Cook 3.96

N. Robertson 6.35

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.51

V. Padilla 6.68

L. Hernandez 3.35

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cubs Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Wellemeyer
G/S/vB 54.Boyer
G/S/vB 31.Franklin
G/S/vB 46.McClellan
G/S/vB 43.Miller*
G/S/vB 60.Motte
G/S/vB 34.Perez
G/S/vB 36.Reyes*
G/S/vB 62.Walters
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

21.Bradley# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 ··· ··· 7/.829 ··· 510/344 .321/.436/.563/.999 1.127/.940 .872 31/.464 5/3 22/3

17.Fontenot* G/S/vP 7/1.171 2/.000 5/.400 7/.829 2/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 284/259 .305/.395/.514/.909 .893/.911 .974 61/.714 2/0 9/1

1.Fukudome* G/S/vP 5/.200 3/.333 5/.650 2/.500 2/1.000 2/.000 3/.666 1/.000 2/no AB 590/439 .257/.359/.379/.738 .725/.742 .656 72/1.062 12/4 10/5

4.Gathright* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 315/232 .254/.311/.272/.584 .597/.579 .575 6/.533 21/4 0/1

55.Hill# G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 22/19 .095/.095/.143/.238 .667/.167 .333 24/.917 0/0 0/1

6.Hoffpauir* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 80/69 .342/.400/.534/.934 .818/.953 .929 24/.879 1/0 2/2

9.Johnson G/S/vP 12/.917 ··· 17/.874 2/.000 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 4/1.000 ··· 374/205 .303/.358/.420/.778 .848/.721 .809 28/.713 5/6 6/1

25.Lee G/S/vP 12/.334 5/1.000 11/.573 6/.000 3/1.667 2/.000 3/1.000 15/.733 2/1.000 698/526 .291/.361/.462/.823 .948/.785 .809 74/.545 8/2 20/9

7.Miles# G/S/vP 3/.000 2/1.500 5/.600 2/2.000 4/1.500 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 408/284 .317/.355/.398/.753 .755/.752 .722 28/.305 3/3 4/4

16.Ramirez G/S/vP 10/.744 3/.333 7/1.286 4/.000 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 2/1.000 645/492 .289/.380/.518/.898 .721/.954 .752 56/.978 2/2 27/18

12.Soriano G/S/vP 11/.606 4/.000 37/1.084 5/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 3/1.666 4/.833 3/.000 503/357 .280/.344/.532/.876 1.114/.779 .828 77/.965 19/3 29/5

18.Soto G/S/vP 10/.550 3/1.667 5/.400 5/.650 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 563/421 .285/.364/.504/.868 .915/.852 .858 44/.490 0/1 23/5

2.Theriot G/S/vP 12/1.027 4/1.000 13/.308 6/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/.000 ··· 2/1.000 661/494 .307/.387/.359/.745 .778/.734 .757 70/.832 22/13 1/14

IP 191.2 72.0 78.2 75.2 43.1 11.0 41.2 46.1 TOTAL .253/.343/.394/.737 .798/.731 .779 .737 7/8 16/8

ERA-K/9

3.71/6.3

5.88/8.4

3.55/5.8

4.04/7.0

4.15/9.1

0.82/13.1

3.46/9.1

2.33/7.6

/0.0

3.58/6.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hill (6-1-0)
Soto (69-25-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 807/.245 313/.262 346/.278 327/.269 187/.242 40/.139 177/.227 188/.235 / .258 Soriano
Fukudome
Gathright
Bradley
Johnson
Miles
Hoffpauir 108/0/0/10
0/12/137/6
3/100/0/5
1/0/19/4
26/78/6/3
4/1/1/0
7/0/5/0

OPS .724 .774 .805 .727 .687 .344 .751 .658 .701

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 336/.766 121/.806 140/.764 137/.706 106/.612 19/.347 72/.805 101/.537 / .707

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 471/.694 192/.754 206/.833 190/.741 81/.783 21/.340 105/.714 87/.802 / .694

Home 456/.780 165/.751 181/.828 158/.633 100/.612 24/.504 85/.718 90/.624 /

Last 28d days 78/.948 16/1.063 29/.284 41/.514 25/.798 34/.740 25/.530 22/.607 34/1.062

HR/SB/CS 25/7/6 10/8/2 10/2/1 7/2/1 2/0/2 0/0/0 5/3/1 4/6/2 // 12/3/4

Usage ····X··· o······· ·X·oo··X ·o··X··X ··o····· X·o·o··o X·o····X ··ooo··o ··X·····

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2009 season. Player Stats for the 2008 season. We will switch to 2009 stats on May 1st.

Cardinals Batters (6.22 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.56 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Harden
G/S/vB 48.Cotts*
G/S/vB 63.Gregg
G/S/vB 37.Guzman
G/S/vB 47.Heilman
G/S/vB 49.Marmol
G/S/vB 45.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Patton
G/S/vB 29.Samardzija
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

24.Ankiel* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/1.350 7/.286 7/.715 2/.500 1/.000 463/340 .264/.337/.506/.843 .717/.890 .801 63/.692 2/1 25/8

23.Barden G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/.000 2/no AB 4/2.000 2/2.000 ··· 10/5 .222/.222/.222/.444 .400/.500 .000 35/1.228 0/0 0/1

16.Duncan* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 8/1.375 6/1.500 1/.000 ··· 257/221 .248/.346/.365/.711 .489/.749 .663 67/.932 2/1 6/2

3.Greene G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 2/.500 4/1.500 5/1.000 3/.333 11/.273 1/2.000 ··· 423/312 .213/.260/.339/.599 .529/.624 .651 68/.744 5/1 10/8

21.LaRue G/S/vP 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 5/.833 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 189/136 .213/.296/.348/.643 .549/.680 .543 8/1.250 0/0 4/2

47.Ludwick G/S/vP 3/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/5.000 6/.333 9/.583 15/.767 2/.000 2/.000 617/409 .299/.375/.591/.966 .929/.985 1.013 65/1.059 4/4 37/3

4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.667 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 7/.000 4/1.250 19/.721 2/1.000 1/.000 485/336 .304/.349/.392/.740 .860/.690 .767 69/.909 0/2 7/10

5.Pujols G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/1.333 18/.646 22/.586 2/5.000 3/1.667 641/446 .357/.462/.653/1.114 1.233/1.063 1.175 82/1.178 7/3 37/6

28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.666 1/no AB ··· / /// / 54/.777 / /

13.Ryan G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 12/.833 2/.000 ··· 218/116 .244/.307/.289/.596 .620/.575 .521 34/.714 7/2 0/3

55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 9/.444 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 2/.000 594/461 .302/.359/.406/.765 .423/.861 .711 60/.768 8/2 8/3

22.Thurston* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 9/8 .000/.111/.000/.111 .000/.125 .111 45/.900 0/0 0/0

IP 148.0 35.2 68.2 9.2 76.0 87.1 65.1 27.2 TOTAL .303/.383/.488/.871 .713/.969 .878 .871 10/2 21/19

ERA-K/9

2.07/11.0

4.29/10.8

3.41/7.6

5.59/9.3

5.21/9.5

2.68/11.8

3.86/8.0

/0.0

2.28/8.1

4.39/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
LaRue (13-8-2)
Molina (34-18-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 595/.183 160/.266 296/.203 44/.256 356/.258 348/.135 279/.245 / 124/.226 .252 Ludwick
Schumaker
Ankiel
Duncan
Thurston
Ryan 29/14/124/12
56/79/33/10
17/89/1/4
43/0/2/1
4/0/0/0
1/0/3/0

OPS .557 .786 .585 .751 .793 .508 .741 .599 .770

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 289/.593 76/.860 143/.621 22/.732 149/.991 156/.668 80/.817 / 57/.489 .845

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 306/.523 84/.720 153/.554 22/.768 207/.652 192/.379 199/.711 / 67/.691 .730

Road 234/.553 93/.678 138/.573 23/.367 175/.864 155/.611 173/.775 / 44/.738

Last 28d days 64/.702 24/1.097 35/.923 34/.682 35/.726 34/.674 53/.775 32/.979 7/1.286

HR/SB/CS 11/7/7 7/3/0 3/6/2 1/0/0 10/2/0 10/3/1 9/5/2 // 0/5/1 22/5/3

Usage ····X··· o·X·o··o ···X···X ·o·X···X ·o··X··o ·o··o··X X······· X······· ··X·····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.